Yoga, Qigong and the Vagus Nerve (full version). Amelia Barili with Stephen Porges and Sue Carter

Learn how to shift into states of relaxation and ease by using these powerful healing techniques integrated into a flowing meditation. They are easy to learn and to integrate in your daily life.
These techniques come from ancient wisdom traditions and are being confirmed by recent findings of neuroscience. Dr. Stephen Porges-- author of the acclaimed Polyvagal Theory--confirms that these techniques help you to shift from states of stress and anxiety into states of relaxation and well being. By befriending your nervous system in this way you create a platform where a loving and healing relationship to yourself and others can flourish and thrive.
In a previous, shorter video, we presented the practice itself. Now we bring you the full version of that class, including the practice and comments of Dr. Stephen Porges and Dr. Sue Carter on the effects they felt while practicing along in this video this ancient healing and awakening technique.
In this powerful healing practice will focus in the three most important centers of energy in your body, and one more. All of them are central for being able to deeply relax and assist your body/mind to functional optimally.
We invite you to practice with us.
Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers across several disciplines including biomedical engineering, critical care medicine, exercise physiology, gerontology, neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, space medicine, and substance abuse.
In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders. He is the author of several books, including The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017), Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication and Self-Regulation (Norton, 2021). He is the creator of a music-based intervention, the SSP (Safe and Sound Protocol ™ ), which currently is used by more than 2000 therapists to reduce hearing sensitivities, and to improve language processing, state regulation, and spontaneous social engagement.
Dr. Sue Carter is a Distinguished University Scientist and Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology at Indiana University. A career biologist, Sue has studied the endocrinology of love and social bonds for more than three decades. These findings helped lay the foundation for the studies of behavioral and developmental effects of oxytocin and vasopressin in humans. Sue served as Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute from 2014-2019.
Dr. Amelia Barili is a Chancellor’s Award for Public Service, professor Emerita from UC Berkeley and faculty at the UCB Osher Lifefong Learning Institute where she teaches a course on “Meditation, Volunteering and Positive Neuroplasticity”. Amelia received a fellowship in 2005 to research the basis of neurobiology and affect in cognitive processes. Results of that research are summarized in her article “Learning to Learn: Neurobiology and Cognitive Science as Bases of Autonomous Learning” published in 2007.
Amelia is a pioneer at bringing meditation and experiential learning into academic environments. Her approach is based on bridging links between the campus and the community for the personal and emotional development of both undergrads and older adults, while serving underrepresented communities. Examples of that multidisciplinary, multicultural and intergenerational approach are her courses on “Volunteering and Global Education”; “Each One Helps One: Neuroplasticity in Action” and “Meditation, Volunteering and Positive Neuroplasticity”.
A long-time meditator and student of ancient wisdom traditions, Amelia received her diploma in Yoga Therapy and Philosophy, 1972, at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, India. She has also studied Medical Taoist Qigong with old Chinese masters and has taught Integrating Yoga and Qigong at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery for many years. A pioneer at integrating both wisdom traditions, she is also an award-winning faculty at UC Berkeley and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, where she teaches youth and older adults a systematic mindfulness, heartfulness and bodyfulness approach for personal and community transformation.
To learn about Amelia Barili's work, please visit:
ameliabarili.com/

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thanks so much Amelia! what a gift